This is the application I was referring to a few months ago when I asked about the most accurate CNC.
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Couldn't really be specific about it then, but now that they're publishing in "Science", the cat's out of the bag, so to speak.
They're not utilizing machining right now to apply the theory, but I'm trying to push them in that direction, simply because I like CNC better than their current method. Only problem is: their current method is faster and more efficient although it only works for select types of materials. They're in a race right now to make the first invisible doodad, but in the future surely CNC could be applied to this type of thing.
The above link is but one of many media articles written about the research papers in the last few days.